Call: Engagement
of diaspora communities on awareness raising

The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) was set up to promote the efficient management of migration flows
and the implementation, strengthening and development of a common Union approach to asylum and immigration. AMIF focuses specifically
on the following objectives:

Asylum

strengthening and developing the Common European Asylum System by ensuring
that EU legislation in this field is efficiently and uniformly applied

Legal migration and integration

supporting
legal migration to EU States in line with the labour market needs and promoting the effective integration of non-EU nationals

Return

enhancing
fair and effective return strategies, which contribute to combating irregular migration, with an emphasis on sustainability
and effectiveness of the return process

Solidarity

making sure that EU States which are most affected
by migration and asylum flows can count on solidarity from other EU States

Enhance solidarity by ensuring consistency and complementarity with EU humanitarian assistance,
by providing additional support to address emergency situations of heavy migratory pressure in Member States or third
countries, or in the event of mass influx of displaced persons

Support ad hoc humanitarian admission programmes
aimed at allowing temporary stay on the territory of a Member State in the event of an urgent humanitarian crisis in
third countries.

Call

Engagement of diaspora communities on awareness raising

Description
of call"Engagement of diaspora communities on awareness raising"

The objectives of this call are to:

Engage
with and empower the voice of diaspora communities in the EU in providing information and raising awareness to counter migrant
smugglers' narratives on irregular migration and to inform about the opportunities of voluntary return and reintegration programmes

Pilot
diaspora-based communication campaigns and activities providing for accurate factual, trusted and balanced information on
the risks of irregular migration and migrant smuggling, both during the journey (perils of the voyage when undertaken irregularly)
and after arrival (hardships of living irregularly in the EU and return), as well as on alternative legal pathways to Europe

Strengthen
multi-stakeholder cooperation between actors such as local governments/councils, civil society organizations, private companies,
and where relevant, third countries, on the best ways to engage with diaspora communities as bearers of information to their
compatriots planning to come to Europe irregularly

Applications that put forward activities targeting one of the
following diasporas will be eligible for this call: Senegal, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria. Each application shall target a single
diaspora community, which should be clearly indicated in the application form.